Successful aviation safety programs are self-conscious. That is, safety management teams are extremely sensitive to potential pitfalls and work hard to avoid needless mistakes.
Of course, in the real-world practice of safety management, “needless mistakes” are seldom easy to identify ahead of time.
Avoiding needless mistakes in aviation safety management systems (SMS) requires that:
Topics: 2-Safety Risk Management
For many aviation service providers, implementing and sustaining aviation safety management system (SMS) remains the sole province of the safety managers. This is true whether you are an:
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Mark my words: before long leading indicators in aviation safety management will be ubiquitous in nearly every aviation safety management system (SMS). I say this for several compelling reasons:
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Bowtie analysis is one of the best aviation risk management tools to communicate risk and demonstrate commitment to safety.
Although not universally shared, I've seen that about 10% of smaller operators in the 100 to 500 employee range believe that bowtie is the best way to communicate operational risk and satisfy aviation safety management system (SMS) auditors. These "bowtie adherents" are usually providing services to the oil and gas industry.
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An aviation safety management system (SMS) provides service providers with risk management processes that are:
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Many modern line-level aviation managers maintain an imperfect perception of value relating to cost-effective aviation operations. These immature, untrained value hunters act as if leadership prizes value solely from the bottom-line perspective, no matter where it comes from, or how those dollars magically appear at the bottom of corporate balance sheets.
Your organization's managerial bargain hunters and shrewd negotiators may actually transfer organizational risk to safety as the organization tries to grow and develop its aviation assets.
Topics: Aviation SMS Implementation, 2-Safety Risk Management
In most cases, aviation safety managers are:
Accountable executives rely on aviation safety managers to develop, implement and maintain their organizations' aviation safety management system (SMS). Accountable executives are "accountable."
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Quickly, look at the picture at the right.
What is the "hazard?"
What is the "risk?"
I consider myself well-educated with a college education.
I understand English, as it is my first language.
Before I was dragged into the aviation safety management system world in early 2007, I really never considered hazards and risks very deeply. Back in my pre-SMS days, electrical hazard and electrical risk were synonymous.
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Safety risks faced by service providers are affected by interfaces.
Interfaces can be either internal (e.g. between departments) or external (e.g. other service providers or contracted services,).
By identifying and managing these interfaces the service provider will have more control over any safety risks related to the interfaces.
ICAO Safety Management Manual (SMM), Document 9859 4th edition
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Besides the expected airlines and airport operations, the interacting relationships across modern airports encompass many aviation industry segments, including:
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